Lynn is in a book club of all women and I am in one of all men. Both contribute to my life. Hers meets once a month and so does mine. Mine alternates between fiction one month and non-fiction the next. Hers deals with both kinds of writing but not in strict alternation. Mine is all retired professors while hers is a mix.
Sometimes I am not in the mood to read my club's choice but I believe it is worthwhile to attend a discussion of the book even if I have not read the book. I gain insight into the members' personalities and thinking whether I have read the book or not. There are quite a few organization's that produce summaries of popular books and reading through a summary can give me enough background on the book. The summary is often quite a bit less expensive than that whole book. I try to avoid buying a paper book and the availability of a summary helps. Most of the time, if I try to borrow a book using Libby, the ebook app that loans out ebooks will already have quite a number of holds ahead of me.
In our early years, I was reading a book by the witty writer Peter DeVries and the text took a funny turn. I wanted to see Lynn's reaction so I read the book aloud to her. We have kept the activity of my reading aloud while she does a jigsaw puzzle or knits.
